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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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  • The Metlive

    285 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

  • Clevelandlive

    327 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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2 of 2 providers answered live. 27 matching records exist across the two collections.

Results for "Bass Viol"11 records

Institutions answered newest-first by record, interleaved

Division Viol by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Division Viol

Unrecorded maker

1640–65 · Maple, spruce, gut

Cleared · Public Domain

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Division Viol by Barak Norman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Division Viol

Barak Norman (d. 1724)

1692 · Wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Seven String Bass Viol by Nicolas Bertrand, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seven String Bass Viol

Nicolas Bertrand (d. 1735)

1720 · Maple, spruce

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bass-viol shaped beaker by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bass-viol shaped beaker

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1730 · Glass

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bass Viol by Matthias Humel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bass Viol

Matthias Humel

18th century · Spruce and maple

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bass Viol by Abraham Prescott, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bass Viol

Abraham Prescott (d. 1858)

ca. 1820 · Wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Yankee Bass Viol by William Darracott, Jr., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yankee Bass Viol

William Darracott, Jr. (d. 1868)

1861 · Wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bass Viol, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes by W. Duke, Sons & Co., The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bass Viol, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co. (d. 1920)

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Female figure playing the bass-viol by Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Female figure playing the bass-viol

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (d. 1909)

before 1903 · Bronze, cast

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Yankee Bass Viol

Joseph Minot (d. 1831)

1823 · Wood

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Yankee Bass Viol

Abraham Prescott (d. 1858)

1831–50 · Wood

In copyright

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